Veteran offensive lineman Richie Incognito worked out for the Raiders at team headquarters on Monday, according to a source, and there’s mutual interest between the two sides. At 35 years old, Incognito is in “fantastic shape physically and mentally,” one source said.

Incognito left the Raiders’ facility Monday afternoon without signing, according to a source, but a deal in the near future remains a possibility.

Incognito has been in his fair share of headlines over the years, some far worse than others, and in August he was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct and criminal threats after an incident at an Arizona funeral home before his father’s funeral. According to Scottsdale, Ariz. online court records, Incognito plead guilty to one count of disorderly conduct in April, while charges of making threats and damaging property were dismissed.

Incognito didn’t play in the NFL last season, and last played for the Bills in 2017, starting all 16 regular season games and one playoff game while making his fourth Pro Bowl.

Incognito announced his plan to retire after the Bills’ season ended in the 2017 AFC Wild Card round, telling The Buffalo News that stress, as well as liver and kidney issues, led to his decision. The team placed Incognito on the reserved/retired list, but on April 13 he announced his intention to show up at the start of Buffalo’s organized team activities on April 16. He never showed, and on May 21 he became a free agent after the Bills released him from the reserved/retired list.

If Incognito’s erratic behavior has changed for the better and his mental health has in fact improved – the most important parts of this equation – he might actually be able to help the Raiders. Jon Gruden said last Friday the starting left guard spot is wide open. Incognito, even at 35, would compete for that role if he maintains the physical shape Raiders coaches were impressed with during his Monday workout.

Denzelle Good, Chaz Green and Jordan Devey also figure to contend for that spot, but those three combined for only seven starts last season, Good three with the Raiders and one with the Colts, Green one with the Raiders and Devey two with the Chiefs.

Incognito started all 64 regular season games and one playoff game the Bills played from 2015-17 and he made the Pro Bowl each season. The Raiders had one of the NFL’s worst pass-protection units and rushing offenses last season, so you can do the math.

If the Raiders sign Incognito and he re-discovers his Buffalo form alongside a healthy Kolton Miller, Rodney Hudson, Gabe Jackson and Trent Brown, the Raiders’ offensive line might actually have something.

– The Raiders traded kicker Eddy Piñeiro to the Bears for a conditional 2021 seventh-round pick on Monday, according to ESPN, which noted the Raiders only get the pick if Piñeiro is on the Bears’ active roster for five games this season. Piñeiro, who the Raiders signed as an udrafted free agent out of Florida in 2018, was set to be the team’s kicker until he injured his groin in training camp, sidelining him for his entire rookie season. Daniel Carlson hit 16-of-17 field goals (a franchise single-season record for field-goal percentage) after signing with the Raiders in Week 8, so Piñeiro had no shot at the job in 2019.

– The Raiders signed former Nicholls State defensive tackle Ronald Ollie and former N.C. State punter AJ Cole III after their rookie minicamp tryouts this weekend. Ollie rose to fame because of his role on the inaugural season of Netflix’s popular show, “Last Chance U.” In corresponding moves, the Raiders waived offensive tackle Jamar McGloster and punter Drew Kaser.

Matt Schneidman joined the Bay Area News Group in September 2017 to cover the Oakland Raiders. He graduated from Syracuse University in Spring 2017 and has interned with The Buffalo News, the New York Post and USA TODAY.

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